So which expert do we blame for crashing the economy, 30M unemployed, businesses ruined, homes lost? Nobody put a gun to anybody's head to force anyone to pick any expert. We collectively listen and weigh each one on their own merits. This is not and never will be an exact science in predicting a new pandemic. Anyone that thinks it is likely has an agenda for thie own purposes. Every choice in life has consequences. So who do we salute for having the gonads to warn us we could have been looking at a 1,000,000+ US deaths, and we needed to act, now? And what repercussions will he face? If you want to punish those trying to help society by making their best educated guess estimates, to what is effectively uncharted medical territory, you will soon find out, nobody is willing to sound the future alarm. Kinda like IMO, chastising the lookouts on the Titanic for scaring the passengers about an iceberg ahead on an "unsinkable brand new ship"
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What do you people not recognize about RULE OF LAW.
An Executive or Emergency Order is not law. Semantics, but it is considered lawful until ruled otherwise or It wasn't submitted and voted on by the state legislature. In PA " the Governor may issue, amend and rescind executive orders, proclamations and regulations which shall have the force and effect of law." That is different from being A LAW. ( Tell that to cop the next time he tells you to stay in your car)It is intended to grant the Governor temporary powers and authorization to do what he feels is needed to deal with a disaster, emergency, It is NOT - at least in PA - open ended and BY LAW is supposed last no longer than 90 days. In addition, "The General Assembly by concurrent resolution may terminate a state of disaster emergency at any time. Thereupon, the Governor shall issue an executive order or proclamation ending the state of disaster emergency." This has not been pursued, yet.
It is not intended to be used to punish political opponents and jurisdictions that overwhelming voted against them, provide favors to political supporters, or act out their little dictator fantasies. Wolf, Pritzker, Whitmer, Cuomo, Beshear, Newsom, et.al, are not El Presidente for life, POTUS, Dear Leader or anything resembling autocratic rulers.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
